Hello! The GNU project is pleased to announce the availability of Libgcrypt version 1.4.6. Libgcrypt is a general purpose library of cryptographic building blocks. It is originally based on code used by GnuPG. It does not provide any implementation of OpenPGP or other protocols. Thorough understanding of applied cryptography is required to use Libgcrypt. Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.6: * New variants of the TIGER algorithm. * New cipher algorithm mode for AES-WRAP. Source code is hosted at the GnuPG FTP server and its mirrors as listed at <http://www.gnupg.org/download/mirrors.html>. On the primary server the source file and its digital signature is: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.6.tar.bz2 (1125k) ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.6.tar.bz2.sig This file is bzip2 compressed. A gzip compressed version is also available: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.6.tar.gz (1391k) ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.6.tar.gz.sig Alternativley you may upgrade version 1.4.5 using this patch file: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.5-1.4.6.diff.bz2 (16k) The SHA-1 checksums are: 445b9e158aaf91e24eae3d1040c6213e9d9f5ba6 libgcrypt-1.4.6.tar.bz2 dbe3fee0a9eea8128a1e47c973e0f432a62bfaa2 libgcrypt-1.4.6.tar.gz 9361c5ee7861548a4822e58baba95c81ec878384 libgcrypt-1.4.5-1.4.6.diff.bz2 For help on developing with Libgcrypt you should read the included manual and optional ask on the gcrypt-devel mailing list [1]. Note that this version is from the stable branch; the current development version is available at <svn://cvs.gnupg.org/libgcrypt/trunk> . Improving Libgcrypt is costly, but you can help! We are looking for organizations that find Libgcrypt useful and wish to contribute back. You can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software [2], order extensions or support or more general by donating money to the Free Software movement (e.g. <http://www.fsfe.org/donate/>). Commercial support contracts for Libgcrypt are available [3], and they help finance continued maintenance. g10 Code GmbH, a Duesseldorf based company, is currently funding Libgcrypt development. We are always looking for interesting development projects. Many thanks to all who contributed to Libgcrypt development, be it bug fixes, code, documentation, testing or helping users. Happy hacking, Werner [1] See <http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html>. [2] Note that copyright assignments to the FSF are required. [3] See the service directory at <http://www.gnupg.org/service.html>. -- g10 Code GmbH http://g10code.com AmtsGer. Wuppertal HRB 14459 Hüttenstr. 61 Geschäftsführung Werner Koch D-40699 Erkrath -=- The GnuPG Experts -=- USt-Id DE215605608 _______________________________________________ Gnupg-announce mailing list Gnupg-announce@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-announce